Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It involves change on the individual and the social setting level , whether an organization , local community , or national policy .
2 When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task .
3 A Swedish newspaper gave 10,000 kronor ( £830 ) to five stock exchange experts and a chimpanzee with a brief to go away and make money on the market , AP reported .
4 Well that 's where , I mean , you can make money on the food sometimes ca n't you ?
5 The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers .
6 The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east .
7 After all , there are hand knitters who would have us believe that we are cheating merely by producing knitting on a machine .
8 JUDGE ZORRO ON THE CARPET FOR KISSING USHER
9 During this time , one senior auction house official noted that ‘ Each house has promised the heirs so much : advances , separate hard-bound catalogue , etc , that no matter which auction house gets it , it is bound to lose money on the sale ’ .
10 Rotating skin on the shoulder blade
11 The crucial repercussions of the company existing in its own right are that it can hold property , raise money on the security of its property , sue and be sued in its own name , and continue to exist and do business despite changes in membership or its directors .
12 Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself .
13 If you want to borrow money on an overdraft , ask your branch before doing so .
14 Erm we 've made a provision for interest payable on the loan on the assumption that we may have to borrow money on an overdraft basis .
15 Fortunately rather than staying in the main house , she was able to stay with her sister Jane and husband Robert who , as he was a member of the royal Household , enjoyed a grace and favour cottage on the estate .
16 Partnerships need guidance and support to help those involved to continually reflect on previous learning and to plan change on the basis of this reflection .
17 i A coach tour operator has been fined £800 for allowing smoking on a coach tour which had been advertised as a smoke-free holiday .
18 Her gauntlets gripped the cable and her boots sought purchase on the metal upright .
19 The second factor associated , in particular , with the applications from the former Eastern Bloc countries is that of the EEC 's trade and tariff policies , which make existence on the doorstep of a protectionist bloc increasingly painful .
20 Meggie , my sister two years younger than me , was helping Mum on the verandah .
21 Special considerations : the sentencer passed sentence on the basis that all three offenders were equally implicated , and imposed the same sentence on each of them , except in respect of the order for deprivation .
22 would you be willing to scan in the famous ( Fantasy Football League ) page(s) from the telegraph ? several scans ( files ) may be necessary but most of us got tape on the desk
23 After the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 , it was his Foreign Secretary , Viscount Castlereagh , who was the butt of Shelley 's philippic : ‘ I met Murder on the way , He had a mask like Castlereagh . ’
24 Kevin , from Lymington , also beached flounder to 1 lb 12 oz using ragworm on a size 2 hook to 15 lb line .
25 In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer !
26 In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner .
27 MPAs should be given guidance on the type of conditions which may become relevant , including those relating to compensation .
28 They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants .
29 It offers guidance on the establishment of subject headings which have several layers of subdivisions and which , as such , can only be described as pre-coordinate headings .
30 The vital key here is the delete key on the keyboard .
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